Q2

Beautiful, breathtaking driving from Hamilton, setting a new track record.

The Red Bulls were peculiarly muted after their excellent weekend seven days ago; and the Ferraris were encouraged to put on a bit more pace as best they could.

Good work from Stoffel Vandoorne, only just off the pace of his more experienced McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso - and after the 35-place grid penalties for the Spaniard, the Belgian will start in the top 10 anyway.

Q3

In a display of utterly scintillating driving, Hamilton whittled away at the track record to secure himself provisional pole - and Bottas snuck in behind him to take P2, although again with grid penalties that won't be a lock-out for Mercedes.

It means that Sebastian Vettel, who qualified in P3, will start on the front row beside his championship rival - so that should be fun.

The Red Bulls will be ready and waiting, though, in the row behind, and looking to capitalise on any mistakes.

QUALIFYING IN SUMMARY

The session was incident-packed in terms of mistakes and aggressive driving but perhaps not that much of a surprise in terms of how the cars and teams performed. Hamilton continues to write his name in the record books as Ferrari's championship challenge looks to be crumbling.

BIGGEST SHOCK

Romain Grosjean's end-of-season slump continues - and the Haas mechanics are going to have another horribly late night trying to get everything ready after the drain cover incident in Malaysia.

ONE TO WATCH

Vandoorne has really settled into his seat as the season has progressed; if his car stays in one piece, expect points tomorrow.